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Fragmented institutional fields and their impact on manufacturing environmental practices

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  • Guang Victor Shi
  • James Baldwin
  • S.C. Lenny Koh
  • Thomas Y. Choi

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In the extant literature, manufacturing environmental practices have been attributed to institutional pressures. This study extends this view by observing how different levels of the institutional field (national level vs. regional market level) would have varied effects on manufacturing environmental practices. We empirically investigate, using structural equation modelling, how different types of the manufacturing environmental practices react differently to pressures from a fragmented institutional field. Two distinct types of manufacturing environmental practices occur at the administrative planning operation and technical core operation. Our results confirm such manufacturing environmental practices at different operations lead to different performance benefits – the administrative environmental planning (AEPs) benefit market growth, whereas the technical core environmental practice (TEP) benefit the environment. National-level pressures do not lead to manufacturing environmental practices. Instead, the findings show that institutional pressures at the regional market level influence both types of manufacturing environmental practices. In the contribution, our study has offered an empirical examination of a fragmented institutional field and the impact on two types of manufacturing environmental practices. Further, we also explicitly identified AEPs that lead to market growth and TEPs that create environmental improvement.

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  • Guang Victor Shi & James Baldwin & S.C. Lenny Koh & Thomas Y. Choi, 2018. "Fragmented institutional fields and their impact on manufacturing environmental practices," International Journal of Production Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 56(1-2), pages 431-446, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tprsxx:v:56:y:2018:i:1-2:p:431-446
    DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2017.1353712
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    1. Abdul Majid & Muhammad Yasir & Muhammad Yasir & Asad Javed, 2020. "Nexus of institutional pressures, environmentally friendly business strategies, and environmental performance," Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 27(2), pages 706-716, March.
    2. Abdelmohsen A. Nassani & Nicoleta Isac & Joanna Rosak-Szyrocka & Zahid Yousaf & Mohamed Haffar, 2023. "Institutional Pressures and Circular Economy Target Performance: Are Zero Waste Practices and Enviropreneurship Worth Pursuing?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(4), pages 1-13, February.
    3. Olivier Boiral & Marie‐Christine Brotherton & David Talbot & Laurence Guillaumie, 2022. "Legitimizing unsustainable practices: The institutional logics of pro‐pesticide organizations," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 31(5), pages 2284-2298, July.
    4. Laura Tolettini & Eleonora Di Maria, 2023. "Structuring and Measuring Environmental Sustainability in the Steel Sector: A Single Case Study," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(7), pages 1-26, April.
    5. Ning Xu & Baofeng Huo & Yuxiao Ye, 2024. "The impact of supply chain pressure on cross-functional green integration and environmental performance: an empirical study from Chinese firms," Operations Management Research, Springer, vol. 17(2), pages 612-634, June.
    6. Yuan Chen & Qinghua Zhu & Joseph Sarkis, 2024. "Heterogeneity in corporate green supply chain practice adoption: Insights from institutional fields," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 33(2), pages 389-406, February.

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